davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
THE INTERSTATE LAW.
What Two Prominent and Experienced Rail-
way Men Think of the Measure.

What Two Prominent and Experienced n2n-
way Men Think of the Measure.
Special to the Indianapolis journal
WAsHINaToN Feb 2S-J. Nj. Kerper. reyre.
senting the Ohio Coal Traffic Association, and L.
I. Affieck, also prominent railroad man, Of
Columbus o., were here, to-day. on their waF
to New York to attend general meeting of rsil-
road traffic managers. Both these men are
widely known in railroad circles, and their opin-
ions concerning the effect of the interstate eSm-
merce law are worth recording anywhere. al
they have had long and varied experience:
81 believe" said Mr. Kerper, that the law
will have the effect of elevating railroad trafse.
and that. on the whole, people generally willnes
benefit by it. 1t will cut off much of sha
rivalry and will put an end to that class of eom-
petition which reduces rates to minimum. It
is a mistake to believe that railroad corporatiens
intend TO evade the law They intend to i've
up to it, and benefit by it az
much as possible. We are now on Gar
way to New York, where meeting s to be heid
for the purpose CT agreeing upon construction
OF the laws and plans for complying with it ur1-
fornlly. We do rot regard the law as prohitls-
ing excursion rates. as excursions are open Co
all, so that there no Determinations: but lt
will undoubtedly prohibit class excursions-thaG
is. lew rates for a certain class such as members
of societies, etc, as that would be discrimisx-
tion. l do not believe it will put stop to tfas
pass system, as passes can be issued Tor great
many purposes. you know. where value is re-
ceived, and to employees of roads, if necessary
In all this Mr.. Afsleck agreed, and added tist
the corporations were not alarmed over the oag
look as to the execution of the provisions of tke
Interstate commerce law. Both were Of opiuian
that, had the railroad companies believed there
was any likelihood of the passage of the bill,
they would have defeated it. on the ground tE2f
il was perniciouS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
MORE ABOUT THE EARTHQUAKES.


Experiences and Narrow Escapes of Ameri-
cans-Enormous Damage at Mentone.
LONDON, Feb 28.-AIr. Sloane of New York,
who was at Nice during the earthquakes, and
who IS now in Paris, says that before leaving
Nice ne was obliged to sleep in the open air two
nights He was struck with the fact that each
shock was preceded by hot, heavy gusts of wind
from the sea, lasting several minutes. An
American gentleman and his wife, who we're at
the Hotel Bellevue, in Mentone. at the time Of
the disturbances, were hemmed in their bedroom
by falling beams, and were rescued with
great difficulty, che lady being compelled to sac
rlnce ner hair. Landaus at Mentone can be
hlrea orIy at exorbitant rates; owners have been
receiving as high as $75 night for their use
The damage at Mentone is estimated at So, 000,-
O0O. Ihe yachts Latona and Westona, in the
harbor of Mentone, are crowded with invalids,
and both officers and men have shown the great
est kindness in caring for the injured. DR..
Keith, or the LatOna, attends to the wants OF
many patients, all the Mentone physicians hav-
ing fed to Pisa.
Comparing all accounts received from the
places affected by the earthquakes, it is esti-
mated that the loss of life SO far as at present
known, IS 600 Many places, however, are still
to be heard FROM
Nice has resumed its normal condition. the
people having entirely recovered from the earth
quake fright. A slight panic was occasioned
yesteresy, during the celebration of mass, in
the Church Of Notre Dame, by the falling of
some old plaster but the panic soon subsided
withsut having caused harm.
Thirty houses have fallen in Claris in conse-
ouence OF the damage done by the earthquake.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
The Lafayette Bill Vetoed - The Proposed
Structures at Logansport and Richmond.

The Lafayette Bill Vetoed The Proposed
Structures at Logansport and Richmond.
Special to the Indianapolis JonrnaI.
WAsHINGTQN, Feb 8.--Representative Ward
is very blue to night and not little disgusted
with the administration on account of tho Presi-
dents veto of the bill providing for the erection
of public building at Lafayette. Judge Ward
has worked zealo-sly, during nearly all of his
career in Congress for this measure, and he feels
that the veto is quite much of a slap at him
as the city the building was intended to benefit.
The ground of the veto is that the proposed
building is made unnecessary, and the expendi-
ture of the $50, 900 uniustifable by new and
recent arrangements made by the government
for the transaction Of its postal business at La
fayette The President, in his veto, says
"It is represented that deputy internal reve-
nue. collector is located in Lafayette, but no in
formation is furnished that ne has an Office
there, which is, or ought to be, furnished by tsa
government 1t is not claimed that the federal
business at this point requires other accommo-
dation except for the postoffice located there.
AS usual in such cases, the postmaster reports,
in reply to inquiries, that his present quarters
are inadequate, and. usaal, it appears that the
postal business is increasing. The rent paid for
rooms, or the building in which the postofice is
kept, is 81 100 per annum. Ihave been informed
since this bill has been in my hands, that last
spring building was erected at Iafaye tie with
special reference to its use for a pnstoffice and
that a part OF it was leased by the government
for that purpose for terra Of five years. Upon
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

MILES CRY, NJ. T., Feb 29-Last fall young
buck broke into the postoffice at Ashland, about
ninety miles south Of Miles City, and had not
been arrested although complaint made,
until last week, when the warrant was placed in
the hands of deputy sheriff whom the United
States marshal had commissioned to make the
arrest Proceeding to the agency. the deputy
and an assistant identified the man. arrested
him, and set out for Miles. When about fifty
miles from the agency, band of Cheyennes
rode furiously up. and with guns drawn and
threatening gestures forced the deputy to give
up the prisoner. The band of Cheyennes num-
bered about twenty, and meant mischief. The
deputy returned to Miles City Saturday
night, and will take reinforcement for his posse
and return to the agency as soon as possible and
endeavor to capture the rescued prisoner,
we'll as take into custody the members of the
war party This is the same tribe with whom
so much troable anticipated early last Sep
tember. Three companies of soldiers we're sent
there from Fort Keogh at that time to hold them
in check. The action of the officers in turning
their man loose without bloodshed is a subject
of commendation, one Indian killed might
have resulted in wholesale slaughter of white
settlers who are distributed through that local
ity, near the upper Tongue-river valley.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
Repressive Measures That Are Expected to
Completely 0bliterate Every Festige OF
French Rule in the Annexed Provinces.
Shocking Details of the Loss of Ship
Carrying Hundreds of Emigrants.
Experiences of Americans in Some Of the
Towns Affected by the Late Earthquakes
Possible Prosecution of an Archbishop.
REPREssIvE MEASURES.
How Bismarck Proposes to Thoroughly Ger
mamie Alsace and Lorraine.

How bismarck Proposes to thoroughly Ger.
mamie Alsace and Lorraine.
BERLIN, Feb. 2S-A dispatch from Strasburg
to the Post announces that the authorities have
issued an order for dissolution of the Union of
the Alsatian Choral Societies. it being suspected
that the union assisted the objects Of the French
League Of Patriots 1t is further reported that
laws dealing with the societies are being serious
ly enforced, and that the measure forbidding
French military men staying in Alsace. except
on special permit will be applied to civilians;
that societies whose rules forbid admission of
Germans to membership or societies which. as
matter of common knowledge exclude Germans.
will be dissolved. Some law is considered nee
essary to deal with French emissaries, press
respondents and others, who, it is claimed have
been acting as electoral agents, melting discon-
tent freely visiting Notifications. and doing the
work of spies. The ADVOCATES of effective Ger
manization desire temporary suspension of
electoral rights in Alsace- Lorraine, German edu-
cation in primary schools, and government ad-
ministration in the place of municipal councils.
The Hanover Courier says: "Alsatians
must blame themselves if one re-
suit of the elections be the application
to their provinces of the laws of absolute die
tatorship When made to understand that
another war with France will be the complete
ruin of these provinces, the Alsatians, perhaps.
will be ready to vote for the German candidates y
On the other hand, the Bersen Courier con-
tends that the real conquest of the provinces
will be the work of generation. and demands
patience The paper adds: ''Their feeling of
patriotism to-day shown towards France will
revert to Germany when the justice of German
rule effaces from the minds of the people the
effects of two centuries of French domination" ;"
The Nachrichten says: "The situation has
not yet lost it's threatening character, compell
ing Germany to provide for every contingency.
Among the warlike preparations of France dur
ing the past week may be mentioned the fact
that 241 truck-loads of planks and beams passed
the frontier stations; that immense orders have
been given for steel tubes for firearms: the roll
ing stock of the French northern and eastern
railways has been massed in large parks at vari.
Gus points, and the work OF finally clearing the
glacis at Belfort and other fort works has been
begun"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
IMPRISONED AND DROWNED.

Unmarried Women Locked in Their Bunks
and Drowned in a Sinking Ship.
LONDON, Feb PA number of the survivors
of the British ship Kapunda, which came into
collision with the British bark Ada Melmore,
off the coast of Brazil. in January last, when
both vessels sank and 3O4 persons were drowned,
arrived at Plymouth to-day. They are unani-
nous in stating that the Ada Mel
more was solely to blame for the
collision. that vessel having displayed
no lights. The survivors explain the
great loss of life to the Kapundas passengers
by stating that the stewardess of that vessel had
locked the single women in their hunks. in ac-
cordance with the rules governing the transpor
tation of emigrants, and that the imprisoned
women we're unable to extrcate themselves.
The relators of the story of the disaster aver
that the poor creatures were heard shrieking
and beating against the locked doors of their
cabins until the ship went down. The Ka-
punda sailed from London, Dec. IL. with emf
grants for Freemantle, West Australia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
Nominations by tho President.

WAsHISGToN, Feb. 26 The President to-day
sent TO the Senate the following nominations:
H. r. Harris, of Georgia, Third Assistant
Postmaster General, vice Abraham d. Hazcn,
resigned; James N. Trotter tcolored) OF Massa-
chusetts, to be recorder of deeds for the District
of Columbia; James NJ. Adams of Yakima.
W. t.. register of the land Office at Spokane
Falls, ". t.; Reuben A. Reeves, of Palestine.
Tex. associate justice Of the Supreme Court OF
the Territory of New Mexico
James Munroe Trotter, nominated TO be re-
corder of deeds, is colored citizen Of the State
of Massachusetts, forty eight years of nge His
early life was spent in the State Of Ohio. where
he began his education in the public schools OF
that State For the past thirty-fve years he
has resided in Massachusetts, where. prior to
the war, he teacher. Soon after the break
ing out Of :he Rebellion he enlisted IS private
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

While saving logs near Olena, O., yesterday,
large tree fell upon Andrew Searles and Mar
tin Coleman. dislocating the neck of the former
and crushing the latter, who died shortly after
in great agony.
At Meadville, Pa, yesterday, R. p Burns,
convicted Of placing dynamite cartridge under
a stone building owned by man against whom
he has grudge, was fined $500 and costs and
sentenced to three years at hard labor in the
penitentiary.
Samuel Mclaughlin was shot in the mouth by
Michael ReIllv, at midnight Sunday, in the New
England Depot at Danbury, Conn. and is
thought to be dying. Reilly was drunk. He is
now under arrest The men had been on bad
terms for a long time.
Justice Eneelhardt, who performed the mar
riage OF Nina Van Zandt to proxy to August
Spies, returned the alleged marriage certificate
to the county clerk at Chicago yesterday. The
clerk said he would not file the paper until he
had obtained legal advice on the subject.
Thomas Bender, aged nineteen. and team of
spirited horses were instantly killed. yesterday
sylvanla railroad at what is known as the Nor
gan Priest crossing. near Loudonville. 0.
Young Bender was the son Of the wealthy
Clay township farmer George 5. Bender.
The rate of steeraee passage from New York
to Europe has been increased on all the princi-
average rate was SIS, and it was yesterday in.
creased to $40. The rate from Europe has been
at this figure for some time. The lines adopting
the above as the standard are the Guion, In
man. Anchor, White Star and Cunard.
A serious accident occurred in the ''iron ward
of Cleveland yesterday. At 1130 o'clock the
roof of the charging department in the Bessemer
steel works of the Cleveland Rolling-m mill Com
pany fell in with a crash and killed one man and
injured eight others Isaac Edwards was killed,
and the following were injured: Martin Hender-
son, Mike Tuepner, Joseph Miller, John fesh.
John Jacobs. S. p Pierce, Stephen Migash and
Patrick Patton.
The members of the Second Baptist Church of
Cape Girardean held a festival, Saturday night,
at their church, and all went we'll until James
Johnson became involved in a quarrel with a
stranger. During the melee which ensued q
shot from revolver was fred by some person
unknown. The bullet took effect in the head ol
Benjamin Higgs, boy aged eighteen years, and
produced instant death. Inquiry has failed, SO
far, in revealing the identity Of the person who
fred the shot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Unauthenticated Ruinor that Archbishop
Cr0ke Is To Be Prosecuted.

Unauthenticated Rumor that Archbishop
Croke Is To Be Prosecuted.
LONDON. Feb PA rumor published in this
evenings papers to tho effect that the Cabinet
had decided to prosecute Archbishop Croke for
advocating the non payment of taxes. caused
temporary sensation. In the House of Com
mons. Mr.. William Johnston. the Orange
leader, asked Sir Michael Hicks-Beach what the
government intended to do regarding the Arch
bishop. Sir Michael declined to say, more than
that the question was engaging the attention Of
the government. The Parnellites greeted this
reply with derisve laughter. The report is dis
believed in official circles, the opinion being that
the Miaistry has intention of courting an
overwhelming disaster in Ireland.
number of Conservative members of Parlia-
ment who are impatient over the delay in adopt
ing coercive measures, will meet tomorrow to
take concerted action, with the object of induc-
ing Conservatives to combine in exerting pres
sure upon the government to take immediate
steps. The Dublin executive has authorized all
local magistrates to proclaim every "Plan of
Campaign" meeting and to dem and the assistance
of the military and police without awaiting
sanction from headquarters.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
Phil Armour Retaliates in Kind.

GALVESTON. Feb 2S In an interview this
afternoon Z. ID. Armour the well known Chica-
70 packer, stated to a representative of the As
sociated Press that a company would be organ
lzcd next week in Chicago with several million
dollars capital. for the purpose of
Immediately erecting throughout the South
twelve gigantic cotton-seed omills. Mr.. Ar
nour and his partners will hold controlling in
terest in the big company. The associate stock
holders will comprise about all the leading soap
manufacturers in the United States. The en-
tire output of oil from the mills will
bc taken by the stockholders and utilized
IN their factories and lard render
ng establishments Mr.. Armour stated
that his firm alone consumed one
fifth of the present output of cotton-seed oil.
The new enterprise was brought about primarily
by the competing attitude assumed by the
American Cotton Oil Company toward Armour
g. Co and other lard manufacturers The Oil
Trust Company some time ago purchased the
rendering establishments of Fairbank & Co.,
and Washington Butchers Sons at Chicago.
This entrance of an oil company into the domain
Of pork and lard now eliminates in the forma-
lion of this gigantic competing corporation in
he cotton oil business.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
MINOR MATTERS.
Convict Labor and Its Relations to the Iu-
dustries Of the Country.

Convict Labor and Its Relations to the Iu-
dustries of the Country.
WAsHINGToN, Feb. 28.-Carroll D. Wright,
Secretary of the Interior his second annual re-
report, which relates entirely to the subject Of
convict labor. 1t says that the prison popula-
tion of "a 600 has proportion of one in thou
sand to the population OF the United States
Whatever competition. considering the country
at large which comes from convict labor in any
form, must come from this one convict in one
thousand of the population-not the proportion
to those engaged in mechanical pursuits in the
whole country, which is about one convict to
every fifty persons employed. The United
States prisoners included in the above estimate
number ]. 240, and they distributed through
the different States. The industry employing
the greatest number is that Of boots and shoes,
the manufacture of clothing standing next,
then stone dressing. then farming, gar
dening, furniture making, mining. lum-
Der and carpeting, in the order
named. The total product of all penal institu-
tions is "a 100 of per cent of the total proauc
ton of the industries of the country The re-
port states that it is perfectly evident from in
formation obtained that the competition arising
from the employ yfnent of convicts, as far the
whole country is concerned would not of itself
constitute question worthy OF serious discus
sion. However, locally and in certain indus
tries, says the report, the competition may be
serious and of such proportions as to claim the
Commissioner concludes that the system Of
hand labor, if introduced in the prisons. would
reduce competition with free labor TO the mini
mum.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

A Fayette County Man Obtains Enough I'd
Make Him Comfortable for Life


Make Hiin Comfortable for Life
Special to the indaRapolis Journal.
: WAsHlSGToN, Feb. 2s.W :liasn Beck, pri-
vate in Company e. Seventv v-ffth Indiana Vol
unteers, has been granted an increase of pea
sion. with back pension amounting TO $ll, l.3
The old map, who is totally blind, had been
regular daily visitor at the Office of Chief Clerk
Murphy, of the Pension Office, for the past two
months, and the clerks in the Office had come 90
take great interest in him, and were all anx-
ious to see how he would take the good news
He rather late on Saturday morning,
and told Murphy that he had about
given up all hope. The that followed
when he was told that his claim had been allowed
was most affecting Tears of joy ran down the
old mans haggard face. and for quarter Of 81
hour he wept and reioiced in his good fortune
He had never dreamed of 80 much money, and
after years of almost starvation, living on his
pension of IS month. he was made rich man
Young lady clerks gathered about. and were so
affected by the old man's emotions that they
wept with him, and for time there not
dry eyo IN the room. Enough cash was paid TO
the old man to take him and his wife to their
home in Fayette county, Indiana. aud to pay
their board bills since they had been in Wash
ington. The remainder Of the little fortune will
be sent to him in Indiana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
Resignation of Prominent Minister.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 2S.-Rev. Mr.. Ogden, pas:
tor of the Case-avenue Presbyterian Church,
one of the most aristocratc in the city, surprised
his congregation yesterday morning by resign
ing: In his letter abandoning his pulpit, he
said: My only reason for this step. is change
or, rather. growth and maturing OF theological
opinions, which makes it impossible for me, in
good conscience, to longer assent to the Goctrnal
standards of the Presby terian Church. AS a
necessary preliminary, therefore, to withdrawal
from the Presbyterian ministry l resign, as in
honor | must, this Presbyterian pulpit" Mr..
Ogden refuses to tell his plans He has been
with the Case avenue church four years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
High Jinks In Bolivia.

Correspondence Detroit Tribune.
Speaking of money reminds me of the funny
banking system they have IN Bolivia. Counter
felt money is as current good money. and
passes just as WELL At the hotel in La Paz 1
could hear the workings of counterfeit press
in the room next my own. A former American
consnlASn one of the Bolivian cities sold his
press 81 my English companion. Another of
diplomatic corps in Bolivia had one hundred
kegs of nails sent him from New York There
were few nails laid in the tops and bottoms of
the kegs, but the main contents were counterfeit
silver pieces The consul was not at home when
the kegs arrived at his warehouse. A brother
inlaw of President Dosa, of the Bolivian Repub-
lie. wanted some nails about this time and the
consuls secretary sold him a dozen kegs. An
exposure was prevented by the consul going
halves with the brother-in-law the coun terfeit
money.